Whether all these stories are true hardly matters. He did have serious flaws: his decisions about Hiroshima and the American part in the origins of the Cold War are the decisions of a narrow minded man.

I met Harry Truman when I was a boy. I was a Scout marshalling a parade he was in on a bitter cold day in Missouri, and he complimented me on my foresight in wearing earmuffs. I told him I was a Canadian and we were good at that sort of thing. He laughed, and we chatted about this and that for a couple of minutes. So I retain a fondness for the guy.

yours,

Peter T.